john riley Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]A fa[D]ir young maid wa[Am]s[D]
in her [Am]garden[D]
Strange young [Am]man [D]came riding by[Am]
[D]He said fair mai[Am]d, will you mar[G]ry me?[Em]
And this [D]an [Bm]swer was h[D]er reply[Am][D]
Oh no [Am]kind

[Verse 2]
[D]sir I cannot marry [Am]thee[D]
For I've a [Am]love [D]and he sails the sea[Am]
[D]And though he's been
[Am]gone [G]for seven [Em]years
[D]Still [Bm]he will return [D]to [Am]me[D]

[Verse 3]
Well, what [Am]if he's [D]in some battle [Am]slain
[D]Or if he's bee[Am]n drowned
[D]in the deep sal[Am]t sea
[D]Or if he's fou[Am]nd anoth[G]er lov[D]e[Em]
And [D]he and [Bm]his love both [D]mar[Am]ried [D]be

[Verse 4]
If [Am]he's [D]in some [Am]battle [D]slain
Then I [Am]shall die [D]when the
moon doth [Am]wane[D]
And if [Am]he's drowned in the
[G]deep salt [Em]sea
Still I'm [Bm]true to [D]his [Am]memory[D]
And if [Am]he's found

[Verse 5]
[D]another lov[Am]e[D]
And he and [Am]his l[D]ove both married b[Am]e
[D]I wish the[C]m health and h[G]appiness
[Em]Where they live [D]acro[Bm]ss th[D]e sea[Am]
[D]He picked her

[Verse 6]
[Am]up i[D]n his arms so st[Am]rong
[D]And kisses he [Am]gave her o[D]ne two three[Am]
[D]Said weep no mor[Am]e my [C]own[G] true love[Em]
I am [Bm]your long lost [D]John [Am]Riley
[D]Said

[Verse 7]
weep [Am]no mo[C]re my ow[G]n tr[Em]ue love
I am [D]your [Bm]long [Am]lost [D]John Ri[Am]ley
[D][Am][D]